Coventry should be merged with Kenilworth under plans to redraw electoral boundaries according to the Conservative Party in the city.

The Tory group on Coventry City Council believes the Warwickshire town should be brought into the Coventry South constituency as part of planned MP boundary changes.

Earlier this year the Telegraph revealed that the Electoral Commission had drawn up plans to merge Coventry North West with Meriden as part of a national reshuffle designed to reduce the number of MPs in the county.

The plans would also see Kenilworth join Leamington in a new constituency while Warwick would join Stratford-upon-Avon.

The proposals, which do not affect council boundaries, are now out for public consultation which ends on Tuesday, December 5.

Do areas like Canley, Tile Hill and city centre St Michaels have enough in common with Kenilworth?

Coun Blundell said: “There’s a great deal of synergy between Coventry and Warwickshire - not least through the Local Enterprise Partnership.

“We have a suburban area in Coventry South and our view is that a more natural fit would be to group that with Kenilworth rather than annexing five Solihull villages that we have even less in common with.”

Is this simply a political suggestion to secure more MPs for the Tories?

Coun Blundell: “No. The 13 wards in the north of Coventry would become better prospects for the Labour Party.

“We would probably only end up with one seat. Coventry North West and Coventry north East would probably remain Labour.”

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What does Labour want to happen?

The Labour led Coventry City Council is to put a submission forward suggesting that there should be no changes to the existing constituency boundaries in the city.

It argues that rapid population growth in the city means Coventry will very soon pass the threshold for justifying three MPs and that it has concerns figures are skewed by a high level of unregistered voters in the area.

A cabinet report reads: “The potential number of parliamentary electors in the city of Coventry alone by 2020 (the point at which the first elections could be held based on the new constituencies) could total 230,446.

“This is 102.7 per cent of the target figure for the new constituencies. This would mean that Coventry could comfortably retain three whole parliamentary constituencies.”

What would Labour do instead?

The council report adds: “The council does not agree with the reduction in the number of Members of Parliament from 650 to 600. Instead of putting time and resources into reducing the number of elected representatives, reform should be focussed on reducing the over 800 members of the House of Lords, especially as this is the only upper house of any two chambered parliament to be larger than its lower house.”